Mindset by Carol Dweck
Carol Dweck's book Mindset explains 'one simple idea' which is 'truly groundbreaking': talented people who think their intelligence and abilities are fixed quantities and who spend their time 'documenting' rather than 'developing' their intellect, are less likely to succeed than those who embrace life-long learning and who work hard to gain what education has to offer them: these are the people with a 'growth mindset'.
Carol Dweck is a professor of psychology at Stanford University in the USA.